This whole situation is appalling. Unless AO3's had a recent rash of plagiarized stories being uploaded, Abuse's reaction is way OTT. They seem to have assumed an accusation of plagiarism is true, and come down hard and fast? I'm glad there's a paper trail for Katharine's works, and numerous witnesses/friends to back her up, but... wow.
It's kind of disturbing to think that other writers may not be able to provide sufficient proof, or have the same amount of back-up, and that makes me really twitchy. Like, it might be impossible for writer who's only pub'd online, back in early '90s internet days.
I'm also bothered by Abuse's total ignorance of fannish history. Do they not know about Fanlore, which has all the necessary info about that story, including correct attribution?
I really hope AO3 changes their tune about this. Otherwise, I have the feeling they'll be inundated with emails from Katharine's very pissed off friends.
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Date: 2017-12-23 07:28 am (UTC)It's kind of disturbing to think that other writers may not be able to provide sufficient proof, or have the same amount of back-up, and that makes me really twitchy. Like, it might be impossible for writer who's only pub'd online, back in early '90s internet days.
I'm also bothered by Abuse's total ignorance of fannish history. Do they not know about Fanlore, which has all the necessary info about that story, including correct attribution?
I really hope AO3 changes their tune about this. Otherwise, I have the feeling they'll be inundated with emails from Katharine's very pissed off friends.